| reverence | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. awe, fear, reverence, veneration | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something.; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. reverence | a reverent mental attitude. |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| n. (act) | 3. reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| ~ bowing, obeisance, bow | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. |
| ~ curtsey, curtsy | bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. fear, revere, reverence, venerate | regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" |
| ~ esteem, respect, prise, prize, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ saint, enshrine | hold sacred. |
| ~ worship | show devotion to (a deity).; "Many Hindus worship Shiva" |
| conge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. conge, congee | (architecture) a concave molding. |
| ~ moulding, molding | a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| n. (act) | 2. conge, congee | formal permission to depart.; "he gave me his conge" |
| ~ permission, permit, license | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. |
| n. (act) | 3. conge, congee | an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal. |
| ~ dismission, sacking, liberation, dismissal, firing, release, discharge, sack | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
| v. (communication) | 4. conge, congee | perform a ceremonious bow. |
| ~ bow, bow down | bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head.; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" |
| curtsey | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. curtsey, curtsy | bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women. |
| ~ reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). |
| ~ motion, gesture | the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. |
| v. (motion) | 2. curtsey, curtsy | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting. |
| ~ bow | bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting.; "He bowed before the King" |
| hail | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. hail | precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents. |
| ~ downfall, precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist). |
| ~ hailstone | small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm. |
| n. (object) | 2. hail | many objects thrown forcefully through the air.; "a hail of pebbles"; "a hail of bullets" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| n. (communication) | 3. hail | enthusiastic greeting. |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| v. (communication) | 4. acclaim, hail, herald | praise vociferously.; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" |
| ~ applaud | express approval of.; "I applaud your efforts" |
| v. (stative) | 5. come, hail | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ descend, derive, come | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| v. (communication) | 6. hail | call for.; "hail a cab" |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| v. (communication) | 7. hail, herald | greet enthusiastically or joyfully. |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| v. (weather) | 8. hail | precipitate as small ice particles.; "It hailed for an hour" |
| ~ come down, precipitate, fall | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
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